Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Ron wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Maybe there's a FAQ here, but I did not find it.
>> So I hope you don't mind me putting my qustion directly in this group.
>> Situation: harddisk crash. Fortunately it was the systemdisk that
>> crashed, so all the data was preserved.
>> I've reinstalled MySQL agin, but now I need to re-attach the tables/
>> database from E:\Mysql50\F1 to the server.
>> Can anyone tell me how? There's no back-up since this is a
>> experimental server...
>>
>> Thanx in advance!
>>
>> Ron
>>
>
> Ron,
>
> It might be as simple as just going into your my.ini file and changing
> the datadir to E:\Mysql50\F1. Assuming, of course, you're running the
> same version of mySQL.
>
> Of course you'll have to restart MySQL.
>

just copy the old data folder's contents to the new data folder, restart
mysql and you should be back in business.

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